Lake Stevens board adopts budget resolution, imprest funds and approves contracts and payroll items

At its Aug. 27 meeting the Lake Stevens School District Board of Directors approved multiple formal actions recorded in the minutes.

Director Paul Lund moved to adopt Resolution No. 14-25 (Budget Resolution); Director Vildan Kirby seconded and the resolution was approved by unanimous roll call. Director Kirby then seconded and the board adopted Resolution No. 15-25 (Imprest Funds) by unanimous roll call, according to the minutes.

The board also approved a consent agenda covering payroll and voucher warrants, several voids, and a personnel report that listed multiple certified and classified hires and resignations. The minutes record approval of payroll and vouchers totaling $883,747.66 for the Aug. 29, 2025 payroll cycle and other warrant sets as listed in the record.

On construction and contracting matters the board voted to give final acceptance to several public works projects after the contractors completed punch-list items and received required paperwork. The board approved awarding geotechnical engineering services to Certerra Northwest and accepted other vendor work noted in the minutes. Travel and extracurricular approvals included a unanimous approval for the LSSD volleyball team to attend an out-of-state invitational in San Diego on Oct. 10–11, 2025.

One procedural note: Director Nina Hanson was recorded as abstaining earlier when the board approved the Aug. 13 meeting minutes because she had not attended that meeting.

All motions and approvals were recorded in the minutes as unanimously approved unless otherwise noted.